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Ideachi Kalpana

2010 film directed by Sachin

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Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ5987902 ↗
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Ideachi Kalpana (Devanagari: आयडियाची कल्पना; translation: The Conception of an Idea) is a 2010 Indian Marathi-language comedy film directed and produced by Sachin Pilgaonkar and written by Kshitij Zarapkar. The film was released in Maharashtra on 31 December 2010 and stars an ensemble cast of Sachin Pilgaonkar (in a triple role), Ashok Saraf, Mahesh Kothare, Bhargavi Chirmule, Nirmiti Sawant, Bhagyashree Rane and Kshitij Zarapkar. The film is a remake of Hindi film Lakhon Ki Baat (1984) which was itself a remake of English film The Fortune Cookie (1966). The film marks the collaboration of three legends in Marathi cinema after almost two decades.

Plot

Jairam Gangavane (Sachin Pilgaonkar) is an upcoming struggling actor whose older astrologer sister, Jaywanti (Nirmiti Sawant), believes that he is fated for royal living. Her husband, Advocate Manohar Barshinge (Ashok Saraf), is a lawyer but he is a fraud as one has to count the fingers of his own hand after a handshake with him. Manohar has not contested a single legal case in the court of law and prefers out-of-court settlements. One night, while returning home, Jairam gets hit by the Tata Grande car driven by his co-actress, Preeti (Bhargavi Chirmule). Preeti's older brother, Mahesh Thakur (Mahesh Kothare), is the Mumbai Police Commissioner and is married to Meena (Bhagyashree Rane). Preeti had taken the car of Mahesh during the time of the accident so the hit-and-run case becomes that of him.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ideachi Kalpana” as 2010 film directed by Sachin. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010, 1984, 1966—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2010-12-31. The account is most persuasive where Ideachi, Kalpana and film can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2010 film directed by Sachin. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5987902. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 1984 and 1966.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ideachi Kalpana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.